You have to put these hooks in it, you know? You've got to make sure you got all that ear candy in it to get it through the gate.

I didn't start making music in order to be famous.

I think, you know, for me, whatever I need to slot into to make that music the best it can be or help the artists, or whoever I'm working with, achieve whatever vision they have in their head for a song.

You have to put these hooks in it, you know? You've got to make sure you got all that ear candy in it to get it through the gate.

You just pick up a little bit of whatever the ones you think are appropriate, and you try and, you know, combine them. And then you bring in other people that are great for the things that you're not so good at.

I never studied jazz technically; I just know and love the music.

Making music is a lifestyle; go to the studio and sit in front of your computer, drum machine or guitar for 10 hours a day. The good stuff will come.